Atomik Phatty 85mm Reviewed on Fat-Bike.com

The winter only fatbike realm has long since been left behind-thank goodness.  This is not news-most of us who ride fatties, do so year round because they just work…are fun…go anywhere…handle well…go fast? Well, of course, if properly outfitted.  Within a short period of time, manufacturers have evolved the stock fatbike into a do everything machine.  The distinction between a “normal” mountain bike and fatbike (or for that matter, “plus-bikes”) have become blurred.

So why wouldn’t you want to ride a sweet handling “mountain bike” and have the advantages of a gigabyte of footprint on the trail?  “They’re too heavy,” “too slow,” blah blah blah.  While the newest crop of fatbikes mostly leave those criticisms behind, there is one upgrade that nukes those arguments altogether-lighter wheelsets.

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